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Jane Portman, the wife of Rob Portman, is no stranger to the world of politics. Here’s what you need to know about Senator.

Known for being the wife of a Senator, Jane herself was involved in politics from a very young age.

Previously a Democrat, Jane found common ground with her husband by becoming a Republican when he became a Methodist.

Her full name is Jane Dudley Porter. She served for seven years as a trustee on the Children’s Hospital Medical Center Board, an instructor at Cincinnati Public Elementary School, and 12 years as a driver for Meals on Wheels.

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Jane’s oldest son is named Jed. He is 31 years old and currently engaged to a girl named Sara.

Their second son Will is almost 30, and it has been known that he is gay. According to Yale News, he came out in 2014. He is also the editor at Yale News.

Their youngest child is a daughter named Sally, who is 26 years old.

As per Jane, she took Rob Portman’s last name agreeing that their children would have her maiden name ‘Dudley’ as their middle name.

The pair started having children when they were living in Washington.

At the time, Rob worked in the White House in the legislative affairs office, and Jane was at George Washington University working on her MBA.

But sadly, she couldn’t complete it.

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Jane Portman is not yet enlisted in the Wikipedia entries. We can only find some information about her life being the wife of Senator Rob Portman.

Although, according to one interview session, Jane was born in the year 1960. 

Details on Jane’s exact date of birth are unknown.

Though the 61-year-old was born in Wichita Falls, Texas, she grew up in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

She attended Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Rob and Jane got married in July 1986, and then they moved to Cincinnati.

She met Rob on a blind date that her uncle and aunt set up.

After that, they stayed in touch, hit it off, and then started dating formally when they later met in Washington.

From Rob’s tweets and Instagram posts, apart from his successful political career, they have a pretty successful and happy marriage as well.

Jane, too, was fascinated by politics at a young age, as at just seven years old, she contributed towards a campaign for a family friend Lawrence Davis.

She studied political science at Vanderbilt University and knew she wanted to work on Capitol Hill for the same endeavor.

She was a White House intern long before the term had any meaning.

There she worked as a summer intern for Jimmy Carter.

In 1984, she worked on a Senate campaign for North Carolina Governor Jim Hunt.

Having had intended to work for him in Washington, she later chose Tom Daschle as Hunt didn’t win.